Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Stephen Wang as the sixth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, succeeding Archbishop Richard Moth following his translation to Westminster earlier this year.
Fr Wang, 60, has served since 2021 as rector of the Venerable English College in Rome, one of the seminaries responsible for the formation of priests for England and Wales. His episcopal ordination and installation will take place at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard in Arundel later this autumn.
Responding to the appointment, Bishop-elect Wang said it had come as “a huge surprise” and that he felt “a mixture of gratitude and trepidation” at his new ministry.
